I didn`t have time yesterday to put the entire run in one post so here`s part two.

On Monday morning I took it just over the line and set up in 90`. I had a family up from down state that spent Sunday downtown and at the museum. The kids were great and brought most of the fish (Including the big Kings) all the way to the boat making it a little easier on mom and dad. The action was best from 120`-150` where the marks were more plentiful. Magnum Silver Streaks in Black Fin Tuna, and Hot Lobster worked well for the first hour then it was a dodger flie bite with chrome/ white and white/ green leading the way. The baits were between 40`(where it was 64°) and 70` with the #3 dipseys back 140`-180`
It was a good outing with plenty of action bringing in their 4 man limit going into mine as I was pulling rods.




For the afternoon trip it was a make up that had to be postponed twice due to weather. It was a great afternoon to be out and for whatever reason it was Laker land. I ran the same baits I was using to target the Kings the past 4 days finding the Lake Trout population had taken over residency. The first rod to go a mile North of the line was a decent brown in 120` of water taking a chrome/ white flie on a #3 superine 140` out. Unfortunately it decided to put up a big fight at the net and it`s soft mouth didn`t hold up. We had a few more rods go bringing in some coho and smaller Kings. When we crossed the 150` mark I had a triple going with two dipseys and a `rigger bringing in all 3 which were all Lakers.
We continued to troll around finding the water temps down 50` were varying as much as 15° going from 48°-63°. These colder pockets is where we found most of the action.
It wasn`t fast and furious but we had decent action going 14 for about 20 with 7 Lakers,4 Kings and 3 Coho.




Started off on Tuesday 1/2 mile North of the line setting up in 50` of water right on the edge of the last hill. This was the first real "Morning Bite" I had this year with rods popping steadily for the first hour with occasional doubles. White behind white down 35` took a few quick hits and then died. Superline #3 dipseys back 140` and 180`, white behind chrome and clown behind chrome took a few kings as well. We had a couple of fish make long runs and wrap themselves up, loosing them in the "Home Stretch" to the net. We circled to net one that was on for a good 15 minutes only to have him splash the side of the boat and dive as we came upon him. The Superman lighted J plug (which must have been touched by Kriptonite last year) is once again starting to produce. The magnum Smurf and Hot lobster down 50` and 65` took their share of pokes as well. It was steady and then died until we made it out to 130` where we finished off early with a mixed bag making up their 4 man limit.






For the afternoon trip I had a group that was pretty brutal on each other with fish being lost. One guy insisted on wearing my fighting belt and there are pictures circling the Internet that will probably prevent any one of them from staying in any government office if elected.
We started off in 120` and it was slow pickings until we reached 150` again the winds created cold pockets of water and the current made speed and direction critical. I once again was constantly changing baits and never had any stud on the trip. We did drag a few dinks (3 of which preferred to stay in the cooler for the pic) as the wave conditions made light hits hard to detect. Despite that it was a fun time and we joked about one of the guys who went down and participated with the "Running with the bulls" but was afraid of a lamprey eel that didn`t want to let go of a Chinook even after it was in the boat. I tried to get our own version of "Fear factor" going but the mouth of the eel appeared to be too much for them to handle.
We ended up with a mixed bag of which 15 weren`t camera shy.





With the winds still circling and it also being the time the Lake should be turning over there are cold pockets and current that will hold fish. Again speed and direction appeared to be a major factor in getting the fish to strike.
It appears we`re in for another strong blow from the Northeast. this may speed things up and set up the Lake very nicely for next week.


Again Good Luck to all who head out.


"Wet Nets"
Captain Jim